In reading this Washington Post article titled Five myths about the atomic bomb, it's mentioned: The decision to use nuclear weapons is usually presented as either/or: either drop the bomb or land on the beaches. But beyond simply continuing the conventional bombing and naval blockade of Japan, ...

This is from CNN: What caused the dramatic birth rate drop in the 20th century? I don't have the data, but to my knowledge this happened in all first- and second-world countries, even though they had very different economies, religious and moral views and access to medicine (no "pill" in USSR, f...

list of participants in Teheran Conference. List of Russian military personnel in 1943

Starting around the progressive era, which is when lobbying became common, if not earlier, has any law actually passed without at least tacit approval of a registered lobbying group? I am asking about the US but any examples from other countries are welcome.

Queen Hatshepsut is probably the most famous female pharaoh after Cleopatra. Officially, she ruled jointly with Thutmose III, who had ascended to the throne the previous year as a child of about two years old. Hatshepsut was the chief wife of Thutmose II, Thutmose III's father. At first glance ...

and are random a photos from a performance of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. The emblem number 1, as I understand, is the Imperial Seal. But I couldn't find any information about the emblem number 2. Can you say, what it is?

Or, alternatively, if you were accepted into an existing Arabian tribe. That is, the religion was tied to the ethnicity.

As mentioned here, the difference between the version of Old English spoken in Northumbria around the year 800 and Old Norse as spoken by the Vikings (basically Old Danish) was much less than the difference between classical Old English and classical Old Norse. So, Northumbrian must have evolved ...

I was reading about the Indian order of merit and Battle of Saragarhi in particular. All of the martyred soldiers were, for instance, conferred with the highest gallantry award for natives of British Indian army i.e Indian order of merit. I could not find information on who presented the medal. M...